Standard Tuning EADGBe


****NO CAPO****

[Note: the D in the verse is a grace note between the C and the Eb, 
play it quick]



Verse 1:

           
She packed my 

              
bags last nigh

             
t pre-flight, 

           
zero hour, 9 A

    
.M.
            
And I'm gonna 

           
be high as a k

       
ite by then...
           
I miss the ear

             
th so much, I 

              
miss my wife, 

           
it's lonely ou

          
t in space
          
On such a time

            
less flight as

   
 this....


Chorus 1: [x2]

            
And I think it

              
's gonna be a 

            
long long time

              
, til touchdow

              
n brings me 'r

         
ound to find
            
I'm not the ma

              
n they think I

            
 am at home, o

            
h no no no, I'

     
m a rocket man
            
Rocket man, bu

              
rnin' out his 

            
fuse up here a

        
lone...


Verse 2:

           
Mars ain't the

              
 kinda place t

             
o raise your k

           
ids, in fact i

             
t's cold as he

     
ll
            
And there's no

            
 one there to 

            
raise them if 

       
you did...
           
And all this s

              
cience, I don'

             
t understand, 

           
it's just my j

            
ob 5 days a we

ek
          
Rocket maaaaaa

            
aaaan....rocke

  
t man


Chorus 2: [x2]

            
And I think it

              
's gonna be a 

            
long long time

              
, til touchdow

              
n brings me 'r

         
ound to find
            
I'm not the ma

              
n they think I

            
 am at home, o

            
h no no no, I'

     
m a rocket man
            
Rocket man, bu

              
rnin' out his 

            
fuse up here a

        
lone...


Outro:

            
And I think it

              
's gonna be a 

 
long long time
            
And I think it

              
's gonna be a 

 
long long time
            
And I think it

              
's gonna be a 

 
long long time
            
And I think it

              
's gonna be a 

 
long long time

.....